Timothy Middelkoop, Ph.D.

Assistant Engineer

Contact Information:

Timothy Middelkoop
University of Florida
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
303 Weil Hall
PO Box 116595
Gainesville, FL 32611-6595

Telephone: 352-392-1464
E-Mail: middelk@ise.ufl.edu
Website: http://www.ise.ufl.edu/middelkoop/

Education:

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, February 2006
Florida State University
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, August 1998
Florida State University
B.S. in Industrial Engineering (Cum Laude), December 1996

Professional Memberships:

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)

Honors and Awards:

Eugene M. Isenberg Fellowship Award, presented for a commitment to the integration of science, engineering, and management, 1999, 2000.
Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honor Society
Atlantic Coast Conference All-Academic and All-Conference team, track and field, 1993-1996.
"Golden Torch Gala" academic honor roll, presented by the Florida State University Athletic Department, 1994-1996.

Research Interests:

Cyberinfrastructure for distributed decision making and scientific computing; development and analysis of algorithms and protocols for distributed cyberinfrastructure for large-scale scientific and industrial systems.
Large-scale clusters for shared scientific computing; development and management of hardware and grid middleware to support multiple research projects with dynamic resource allocation.
Multi-agent negotiation protocols for resource allocation; development and analysis of negotiation protocols for use in distributed decision making systems with applications in supply chain management, computational and data grids and distributed sensor networks.
Integrated Design Systems using multi-agent systems; combining sophisticated analysis tools with multi agent systems to produce a framework that can both enhance and automate repetitive design and analysis processes.

Professional Experience:

University of Florida (Gainesville Florida); Assistant Engineer, August 2007 - Present.
Assistant Engineer in the department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Oklahoma State University (Stillwater Oklahoma); Visiting Assistant Professor, August 2006 - May 2007.
Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Industrial Engineering and Management
Oklahoma State University - Tulsa (Tulsa Oklahoma); Senior Developer, March-December 2006.
Senior developer for the Journal of Graduate Aviation Research and Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst Massachusetts); Research Assistant, 1998-2006.
Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Florida State University (Tallahassee Florida); Research and Teaching Assistant, 1997-1998.
Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Industrial Engineering

Journal Publications:

Abhijit Deshmukh, Timothy Middelkoop, Anjaneyulu Krothapalli, William Shields, Namas Chandra, and Charles Smith, "Multiagent design architecture for intelligent synthesis environment," In AIAA Journal of Aircraft, 38(2):215-223, March 2001.
Timothy Middelkoop and Abhijit Deshmukh, "Caution! Agent based systems in operation," In Interjournal of Complex Systems, (265), January 1999.

Papers Under Review:

Timothy Middelkoop and Abhijit Deshmukh, "Coordinating Distributed Resources using Bargaining Networks," IIE Transactions, December 2006.

Book Chapters:

Timothy Middelkoop, David L. Pepyne, and Abhijit Deshmukh, "Analysis of negotiation protocols for distributed design," In Decision Making in Engineering Design, chapter 22, ASME Press, 2006. ISBN: 0791802469

Refereed Conference Publications:

Timothy Middelkoop and Abhijit Deshmukh, "The Scalability of an Environment for Large-Scale Sensor-Networks," In the Fifth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS'06), Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, May 8-12 2006.
Roger Mailler, Regis Vincent, Victor Lesser, Tim Middelkoop, and Jiaying Shen, "Soft-real time, cooperative negotiation for distributed resource allocation," In Proceedings of the AAAI Fall Symposium on Negotiation Methods for Autonomous Cooperative Systems, pages 63-69, November 2001.
J.Y. Zhu, A. Deshmukh, Y. Xiang, and T. Middelkoop, "Applying tree structure to aggregate scheduling in a flexible manufacture environment," In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, October 2000.
Abhijit Deshmukh, Timothy Middelkoop, Anjaneyulu Krothapalli, Charles Smith, "Emergent aerospace designs using negotiating autonomous agents," In Aerodynamic Design and Optimization of Flight Vehicles in a Concurrent Multi-Disciplinary Environment (RTO MP-35), pages 25-1 - 25-8, June 2000.
Abhijit Deshmukh, Anjaneyulu Krothapalli, Tim Middelkoop, and Chuck Smith, "Multi-agent design architecture for integrated design system," In 36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA 98-0914, January 1998.
Tim Middelkoop and Abhijit Deshmukh, "Mobile agents for collaborative design and analysis," In 1997 International CIRP Design Seminar, October 1997.
Tim Middelkoop, Naga Krothapalli, Abhijit Deshmukh, and Jim Solberg, "Rapid deployment of agents to facilitate collaborative engineering," In International CIRP Design Seminar - Multimedia and Virtual Reality Technologies for Collaborative Design and Manufacturing, pages 208-213, October 1997.

Technical Reports:

Abhi Deshmukh, Tim Middelkoop, and Naga Krothapalli, "Integration of Intelligent Process Management Agents & the Information Power Grid," Final Report, NASA-Ames Award No: NCC2-1353, May 2005.

Working Papers:

Timothy Middelkoop and Abhijit Deshmukh, "Distributed Tracking in Sensor Networks," 2006.
Timothy Middelkoop and Abhijit Deshmukh, "Cyberinfrastructure for Resource Coordination," 2006.

Presentations:

"Bargaining for Resource in Large-scale Wireless Sensor Networks," at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, with Abhijit Deshmukh, Seattle Washington, November 2007.
"Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Sensor Networks: Applications, Models and Cyberinfrastructure," at the University of Florida, Gainesville Florida, September 2007.
"Coordination of Emergency Response Actions Using an Integrated Decision Framework," in the 20th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water, with Abhijit Deshmukh, Amherst Massachusetts, October 2004.
"Analysis of Negotiation in Distributed Decision Making Systems," at the Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC) 2002, Orlando Florida, May 2002.
"Agents and Electronic Commerce," Presented for the Digital Commerce Society of Boston, Boston Massachusetts, July 1999.
"Agents for Electronic Commerce," for the eFlorida Conference on Electronic Government, with Abhijit Deshmukh, Tallahassee Florida, January 1999.

Research Experience:

Continuous State Space Modeling for Real Time Performance Prediction in Manufacturing Systems; at Oklahoma State University, funded by GM, 2006.
Investigate a data-driven modeling approach based on continuous-time nonlinear dynamic systems principles for modeling assembly operations for accurate "conference time" prediction of aggregate performance.
Distributed Resource Allocation for Supply Chain Networks; at University of Massachusetts Amherst, funded by IBM, 2005.
Development of a "negotiated distributed resource allocation" science and technology demonstration for a large-scale, next generation, distributed supply chain management system.
Scientific Computational Grid Management; at University of Massachusetts Amherst, in association with CDDM, ongoing.
Development and management of computational clusters and grid middleware for shared scientific computing. This system supports multiple research projects allocating resources as needed.
DAIMS (Design and Analysis Information Management System); at University of Massachusetts Amherst, funded by NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1998-2004.
"The Design and Analysis Information Management System is a distributed decision making platform for dynamically integrating and executing engineering analysis tools that are deployed in computational and data grids."
ANT (Autonomous Negotiating Teams); at University of Massachusetts Amherst, funded by DARPA, 1999-2001.
"The goal of Autonomous Negotiating Teams is to autonomously negotiate the assignment and customization of resources, such as weapons, to tasks, such as moving targets. To do this we must enable designers to build systems that operate effectively in highly decentralized environments, making maximum use of local information, providing solutions that are both good enough, and soon enough."
MADA (Multi Agent Design Architecture); at Florida State University, funded by NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1997-1998.
"Integrated Design system (IDS) is an integration of broad range of high fidelity knowledge from expert sources in near real time to synthesize and refine design and product realization."
RaDEO-IGD (Rapid Design Exploration and Optimization, Interactive Gimbal Design); at Florida State University, funded by DARPA, under contract with Wright Patterson AFB, 1996.
"The IGD system will offer the user the ability to interrupt the automated design process, access a specific application product, potentially make changes to both the design variables and the design intent, capture the knowledge associated with those changes, and then continue in the design process under the control of the IGD system."
Internet Traffic Analysis (Bagel); Florida State University, 1994.
An early informal study to collect and analyze data produced by Internet browsing activity and its use in the development of techniques for improving the processes of web site development.

National Service:

NSF review panel, 2006.
IIE Transactions referee, 2007.

Teaching Experience:

"Web Based Decision Support Systems for Industrial and Systems Engineers," ESI 4357/EIN 6905, undergraduate and graduate course, University of Florida, Spring 2008.
"Integrated Product and Process Design 2," EIN 4913, undergraduate design team coach, University of Florida, Spring 2008.
"Integrated Product and Process Design 1," EIN 4912, undergraduate design team coach, University of Florida, Fall 2007.
"Project Planning and Control Technologies," IEM 5623, graduate and distance course, Oklahoma State University, Spring 2007.
"Facilities and Material Handling System Design," IEM 4203, undergraduate course, Oklahoma State University, Spring 2007.
"Financial and Advanced Capital Investment Analysis," IEM 5503, graduate and distance course, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2006.
"Collaborative Engineering Project Management," IEM 3403, new undergraduate course, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2006.
"Computing Topics in Industrial Engineering," EIN 4118/5118, course development and teaching assistant, at Florida State University, Fall 1996 and Fall 1997.
"This course is designed to train students in the state-of-the-art computing techniques available for Industrial Engineers. This course focuses on integration of structured programming, database management systems, mathematical analysis techniques, GUI interface languages, and Internet networking principles to create a functional product."
Course instructor for a 6 week technical class on Java, Hyderabad, India, December 1997.

Professional Development:

First European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS'99), Utrecht, the Netherlands, July 26-30, 1999.

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

University of Florida